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The QC, Vol. 93, No. 17 • February 22, 2007

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The Voice of Whittier College since" i 9 i Ar~
Quaker Campus
Thursday, February 22. 2007
Issue 17-volume 93
QC@WHITTIER.EDU
COR passes
resolution, gains
new members
Justin Velasco
QC News Editor
The Council of Representatives
gained six members after the elections committee along with COR
President junior Adam Steinbaugh,
interviewed and deliberated the appointing of new members into empty
positions. COR also approved a new
resolution that will put pressure on
administration to allow POBSwap
to advertise on campus.
Interviews with candidates interested in filling the empty COR positions were held on Saturday, Feb.
17 and Sunday, Feb. 18. After the
interviews, Steinbaugh appointed
junior Alex Sheldon to fill the position of Off Campus Representative,
sophomore Daniel Strauss to fill the
Member at Large position, junior
Erasmo Fuentes to fill the Minority
Caucus position and junior Carlos
Salazar will to Student Programming
Coordinator.
During a ISC meeting held on
Wednesday, Feb. 21, sophomore
Michael Muse and junior Malyssa
Robson were elected as ISC Representatives to COR, leaving Robson's
Member at Large position open
for sophomore Sean Summerall to
fill after being appointed by COR.
Muse's Resident Hall Association
Representative (RHA) position
will be the only vacant position.
COR retreat, designed to teach new
members, will take place on Friday,
Feb. 23 to Sunday Feb. 25.
Steinbaugh said, "I think they
are going to bring broad representation to the students to the student
government, and the people that
see COR, page 6
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DAN STRAUSS / QC PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore Vicky Ovieda delivers a fast one during a double-header against Occidental College. The Poets won each game, 13-1 and 8-0, tying them for first place
in SCIAC with Cal Lutheran. For the full story, see Sports, page 14.
Campus Safety sends out crime alert, arrests felon
Crime Alert reports a pattern after three
thefts in the Library, $60 to $100 taken
Justin Velasco
QC News Editor
Campus Safety has issued a
crime alert for a number of thefts
that have occurred at the Whittier
College Library over the past 30
days.
According to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis, there
have been three thefts of unsecured
and unattended wallets were taken
from a purse or book bag on Jan.
25, Feb. 7 and Feb. 16. In two of
the incidences, the purse was taken
into a men's room and the wallets
were removed. An estimated $60
to $ 100 have been taken along with
a passport.
Lewis said that although no
suspects were seen, he believes that
non-Whittier College affiliated juveniles might be responsible. "We
are not sure who's doing this, we
just want to put the campus on notice," Lewis said. "Once we saw the
pattern start to perk up, we wanted
the community to know someone's
been working that area."
Lewis advises students to keep
an eye on their belongings and on
anyone who is acting suspiciously
or doing any type of activity that
doesn't seem right. Suspicious
activity can be reported to Campus
Safety at ext. 4211.
Interim Library Director Mary
Ellen Vick has had Warnings posted
about leaving items unattended,
and has now added bigger signs
on the desks and entrance. She
suggests that students should be
alert wherever they are on campus.
"There are no real leads, it is up to
people to be really careful about
where they leave things."
Vick said that after talking with
her student workers she is unsure
if the thefts came from Whittier
students or from non-Whittier
juveniles.
The crime alert has been sent
out through the student list serve
and has been posted in residence
halls.
Parolee arrested on campus for alleged possesion of
stolen propety, reportedly found with lock picking tool
Justin Velasco
QC News Editor
A 44-year-old male parolee was
arrested for possession of stolen
property on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 11
p.m. The man was reportedly found
in hiding in the bushes on the hill in
between B all Hall and Wardman Hall
possession a computer, allegedly
stolen from a burglary that occurred earlier that day in Apple
Valley, and a screwdriver believed
to be used for picking locks.
Officer Marvin Boone of
Campus Safety was on his routine
patrol that night locking down
Wardman Hall when he heard a
"rattling" in the bushes. Thinking
the rattling was a possible coyote,
Boone waited patiently until
the individual popped up holding a
laptop. After detaining the suspect,
Boone did a pat down and discovered
a screwdriver-like tool he believed
could be used to pick locks.
According to Boone, the suspect
said he was on campus looking for his
motorcycle and that a friend loaned
the laptop to him so that he can sell
his motorcycle on the Internet. Boone
said he felt the situation was suspicious and so he called the Whittier
Police Department for assistance.
After running the serial number
on the laptop, authorities discovered
the laptop was stolen at a burglary in
I heard that everybody thinks
thatCampus Safety is a joke,
but we are actually out there
making sure that the students
are safe."
Marvin Boone
Campus Safety Officer
Apple Valley earlier that day, along
with two guns. The suspect's license
revealed he lives in Hesperia, about
10 miles northeast of Apple Valley.
Campus Safety then arrested the
suspect.
No weapons were found on
the suspect. After combing the hill,
only a motorcycle helmet turned up.
According to Boone and Assistant
Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis,
the parolee never explained why he
was on campus. The motorcycle
was impounded as an instrument
of the crime. Boone described the
Hispanic male as wearing a football
jersey, black baggy jeans and
an eyebrow piercing over his
left eye.
Campus Safety cameras
spotted the suspect first arriving
in the Stauffer Parking Lot on
his motorcycle. The suspect then
entered Stauffer where he stayed
for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Lewis said, "As a direct
result of the officers doing
their job, they got a felon off
the streets."
Boone said, "I heard that everybody thinks that Campus Safety
is a joke, but we are actually out
there making sure that the students
are safe."
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The Voice of Whittier College since" i 9 i Ar~
Quaker Campus
Thursday, February 22. 2007
Issue 17-volume 93
QC@WHITTIER.EDU
COR passes
resolution, gains
new members
Justin Velasco
QC News Editor
The Council of Representatives
gained six members after the elections committee along with COR
President junior Adam Steinbaugh,
interviewed and deliberated the appointing of new members into empty
positions. COR also approved a new
resolution that will put pressure on
administration to allow POBSwap
to advertise on campus.
Interviews with candidates interested in filling the empty COR positions were held on Saturday, Feb.
17 and Sunday, Feb. 18. After the
interviews, Steinbaugh appointed
junior Alex Sheldon to fill the position of Off Campus Representative,
sophomore Daniel Strauss to fill the
Member at Large position, junior
Erasmo Fuentes to fill the Minority
Caucus position and junior Carlos
Salazar will to Student Programming
Coordinator.
During a ISC meeting held on
Wednesday, Feb. 21, sophomore
Michael Muse and junior Malyssa
Robson were elected as ISC Representatives to COR, leaving Robson's
Member at Large position open
for sophomore Sean Summerall to
fill after being appointed by COR.
Muse's Resident Hall Association
Representative (RHA) position
will be the only vacant position.
COR retreat, designed to teach new
members, will take place on Friday,
Feb. 23 to Sunday Feb. 25.
Steinbaugh said, "I think they
are going to bring broad representation to the students to the student
government, and the people that
see COR, page 6
■'samE'i'i'
■::■■%:;: ^
DAN STRAUSS / QC PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore Vicky Ovieda delivers a fast one during a double-header against Occidental College. The Poets won each game, 13-1 and 8-0, tying them for first place
in SCIAC with Cal Lutheran. For the full story, see Sports, page 14.
Campus Safety sends out crime alert, arrests felon
Crime Alert reports a pattern after three
thefts in the Library, $60 to $100 taken
Justin Velasco
QC News Editor
Campus Safety has issued a
crime alert for a number of thefts
that have occurred at the Whittier
College Library over the past 30
days.
According to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis, there
have been three thefts of unsecured
and unattended wallets were taken
from a purse or book bag on Jan.
25, Feb. 7 and Feb. 16. In two of
the incidences, the purse was taken
into a men's room and the wallets
were removed. An estimated $60
to $ 100 have been taken along with
a passport.
Lewis said that although no
suspects were seen, he believes that
non-Whittier College affiliated juveniles might be responsible. "We
are not sure who's doing this, we
just want to put the campus on notice," Lewis said. "Once we saw the
pattern start to perk up, we wanted
the community to know someone's
been working that area."
Lewis advises students to keep
an eye on their belongings and on
anyone who is acting suspiciously
or doing any type of activity that
doesn't seem right. Suspicious
activity can be reported to Campus
Safety at ext. 4211.
Interim Library Director Mary
Ellen Vick has had Warnings posted
about leaving items unattended,
and has now added bigger signs
on the desks and entrance. She
suggests that students should be
alert wherever they are on campus.
"There are no real leads, it is up to
people to be really careful about
where they leave things."
Vick said that after talking with
her student workers she is unsure
if the thefts came from Whittier
students or from non-Whittier
juveniles.
The crime alert has been sent
out through the student list serve
and has been posted in residence
halls.
Parolee arrested on campus for alleged possesion of
stolen propety, reportedly found with lock picking tool
Justin Velasco
QC News Editor
A 44-year-old male parolee was
arrested for possession of stolen
property on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 11
p.m. The man was reportedly found
in hiding in the bushes on the hill in
between B all Hall and Wardman Hall
possession a computer, allegedly
stolen from a burglary that occurred earlier that day in Apple
Valley, and a screwdriver believed
to be used for picking locks.
Officer Marvin Boone of
Campus Safety was on his routine
patrol that night locking down
Wardman Hall when he heard a
"rattling" in the bushes. Thinking
the rattling was a possible coyote,
Boone waited patiently until
the individual popped up holding a
laptop. After detaining the suspect,
Boone did a pat down and discovered
a screwdriver-like tool he believed
could be used to pick locks.
According to Boone, the suspect
said he was on campus looking for his
motorcycle and that a friend loaned
the laptop to him so that he can sell
his motorcycle on the Internet. Boone
said he felt the situation was suspicious and so he called the Whittier
Police Department for assistance.
After running the serial number
on the laptop, authorities discovered
the laptop was stolen at a burglary in
I heard that everybody thinks
thatCampus Safety is a joke,
but we are actually out there
making sure that the students
are safe."
Marvin Boone
Campus Safety Officer
Apple Valley earlier that day, along
with two guns. The suspect's license
revealed he lives in Hesperia, about
10 miles northeast of Apple Valley.
Campus Safety then arrested the
suspect.
No weapons were found on
the suspect. After combing the hill,
only a motorcycle helmet turned up.
According to Boone and Assistant
Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis,
the parolee never explained why he
was on campus. The motorcycle
was impounded as an instrument
of the crime. Boone described the
Hispanic male as wearing a football
jersey, black baggy jeans and
an eyebrow piercing over his
left eye.
Campus Safety cameras
spotted the suspect first arriving
in the Stauffer Parking Lot on
his motorcycle. The suspect then
entered Stauffer where he stayed
for about 10 to 15 minutes.
Lewis said, "As a direct
result of the officers doing
their job, they got a felon off
the streets."
Boone said, "I heard that everybody thinks that Campus Safety
is a joke, but we are actually out
there making sure that the students
are safe."
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